The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-05-18

tlOn ana given the money outright.
Nearly 10000 passengers landed from
foreign ports ut Castle Garden Wednesday
from twelve steamers. This unusually
heavy number is partly owing to the heavy
fog which delayed arrivals.
The Massachusetts Supreme Court has
decided that the State law which prohibits
the registration of n naturalizcd citizen
until 30 days have elapsed after naturaliza,
ton is unconstitutional.
Richard Spcnscr, of Burlington, Iowa, q
bcncvolCnt-looking man, who may not
know Henry George as well as he thinks
he docs, %journeyed all the way to New
York to attend the second meeting Of the
Society.
1t is reported that the British Govern
mcnt, acting on information from secret
agents in New York, has scnt the cutter
Or2ccN to Carrigaholt, Ireland, to watcl,
for the arrival of an American vessel with
q cargo of arms and explosives.
Sheridan impudcntly observes that Gen.
eral liosscrs recent letter would not have
been written had General Rosscr not had
his eye on q Congressional seat. Look out
for more squalls in the Valley of the She,
nandoah.
Martin Bont, a farmer boy living near
Michigan City, while ploughing in "A field,
struck with his plough dynamite cartridge,
which exploded and him fatally The car
fridge was left in the field by men engaged
i'll extracting stumps.
Mrs. Cleveland has been formally
thanked by the Christian Temperance
Union of Hamburg, N. V, for having
drunk cold water at the diplomatic dinner,
but the respected head of the nation still
takes an occasional horsc-ily in his.
Mr.. Parncll and Michael Davitt arc said
to be actively engaged in the work of or,
ganiZing q company with a capital of $500
600 to export Irish linens and wooden goods.
They have been promised support by
friends in this country.
When Jacob Schuclkopf, the millionaire
tanner of Buffalo, took his wife around to
TO look at Il $500, 600 residence which he
recently bought her only criticism was that
she was afraid if she lived there she would
have to keep Il girl
Christopher Meyer, 4 New York rubber
merchant whom nobody seems to know, is
said TO have enough money of his own TO
buy The Baltimore and Ohio road on cash
terms. lie is a German by birth, but made
his fortune in this country.
Jonas G.. Clark, Of Worcester, Mass, who
recently presented 81. 600, 900 To that city
for the founding Of university, has made
Il further gift of half million dollars worth
of real estate, books and works of art. and
$500. 900 in cash for the establishment of
prOGcsSOrShips.
ST, Louis Rcpujhcan: When Mr.. Henry
Grady is nominated for the Vice Presidency
10y the Democracy there will be but two
men left in the party, Mr.. Grady himself
and the man holding the first place on the
ticket.
New York Heyuld: The President can
do a great work of land reform without
the help of Congress. 1t will be hard work
for him, but he has begun this work, and
he can 90 nothing of equal importance TO
the country.
Boston Wcrdld: Speaker Carlisle is a lit.
tie premature when he says that the Mug
wumps are likely TO become good Demo
Gratis They will 30 with the Democrats
Just 50 far MS the Democrats so their way,
and 10 further.
Philadelphia Press: Evidently all these
stories about Mr.. Clcvcland's having dc.
Clarcd his intention not to stand for n second
term arc p%crsuading Col. Daniel Lamontto
believe that the report of the death of Ana
Mas was a campaign lie gotten up for po,
litiCal effect.
Philadelphia Press: Secretary Bayard has
been delivering Il few more remarks on the
fisheries controversy, but what he saws is Of
no consequence. Under The new rc~imcof
American diplomacy words speak louder
than actions, for the simple reason that
there are no actions.
Philadelphia Rcc0r,t. If Henry George
or Dr. McGlynn hnd ever fcllcd The trees.
pulled the stumps and gruhbcd out the
roots ON an acre of "ncw ground" he would
have an infinitely clearer view Of the land
question than he can evolve out of his inner
consciousness.
Nashville Union: About the time the
Tory government gets its bills for the gov.
crnmcnt of Ireland through, there won't
be anybody there to govern. The process
of dcpopulation goes rapidly on, and pretty
soon the landlords will have the whole
country to themselves.
Queen ~Kapiolani's first order after She
arrived at the Parker House, Boston, was
for a breakfast of brown bread and baked
beans. The Mayor of the city called upon
her after she had finished this rcpast and
assured her that. despite her color. she
might consider herself II BostOnian here
after.
Chicago Iiibuno: Secretary Whitney
has Just paid $500 for n st. Bernard dog.
There is reason TO fear that he has been inn
posed upon. If the crew Of the American
navy should fall overheard 10y some unforc.
seen accident, any ordinary Newfoundland
dog costing $25 or less could be depended
upon with more certainty to save his life
than this $500 animal.
The Joint commission on the Virginia
debt has adjourned without accomplishing
anything. The delegates from the Vir.
pinia LEGISLATURE will rcpOri To that bndv
The proposition of the Dondholdcrs' repre-.
ScntatjvcS was that they should have the
principal sum Of $2G, $4,000. The Lcgis.
lativC committee recommend that it be
communicated to the committee of the
council Of foreign bondholdcrS; tina, in the
opinion of the joint committee further ne.
gotiations will not tend to n final agree.
mcnt.
The Trouble win ola Virginia.